To: wastedyears
They are citizens of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, AND they are subjects of the Queen
41 posted on
07/24/2019 2:39:22 AM PDT by
Cronos
(Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
To: All
Boris will deliver
42 posted on
07/24/2019 5:09:24 AM PDT by
Cronos
(Re-elect President Trump 2020!)
To: Cronos; wastedyears
The term 'subject' lost its last vestiges of constitutional or legal validity nearly 100 years ago de jure, and long before that de facto. The only circumstances in which you will come across it these days are in the archaisms of formal state occasions such as the pantomime State opening of Parliament, which are retained primarily for the entertainment of tourists (especially American). In all current constitutional and legal usage, it has long been supplanted by 'citizen'.
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